Posted on 05/23/2016 10:17:55 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Leading figures in the Vote Leave referendum campaign to take Britain out of the EU have links to a controversial climate-skeptic think tank and question the science behind global warming.
The groups three leaders, Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and figurehead Lord Nigel Lawson, have cast doubt over man-made climate change, which is backed by most of the worlds credible experts.
Lawson founded the Global Warming Policy Foundation in 2009 and is a noted climate skeptic. Both the foundation, which broke UK Charity Commission rules for anti-climate bias, and Vote Leave share rich donors.
Gove who tried to stop climate change being taught in schools and in particular Johnson, are seen as Conservative leadership frontrunners should a Brexit vote topple UK Prime Minister David Cameron, who backs Remain.
There are so many influential politicians and donors that are both euro- and climate-skeptic that it has raised fears over the future of UK climate policy if the UK votes for Brexit on 23 June.
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